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Just as I played joyous music for Hilary on the day before she died, so am I going to post a thread of the same kind of music at regular intervals today. We need more joy—and who better than to start with than Louis Armstrong? Let there be boundless hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, a rocker by the Pixies to which I was introduced by @lademans, my best friend. Here& #39;s "Gigantic": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6qerZlczw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, Mozart& #39;s truly festive overture to "The Impresario," performed by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. I played it in college, but not like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uLUTkTrDlc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, one of the records that I played for Hilary on Monday, the Band& #39;s live cover version of "(I Don& #39;t Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supLwMGxFT4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell perform "Papa& #39;s on the Housetop." Hilary and I loved to listen to this in the car on our theatrical road trips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCjZziJSR0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, Ricky Skaggs& #39; cover version of Flatt & Scruggs& #39; "Don& #39;t Get Above Your Raisin& #39;": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwxBVSv5Vc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, Benno Moiseiwitsch& #39;s done-in-one-take recording of Rachmaninoff& #39;s piano transcription of Mendelssohn& #39;s "Midsummer Night& #39;s Dream" Scherzo, the most miraculous piano record ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny0I0owHe-0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, another Hilary-and-Terry road-trip special, Booker T. and the MGs& #39; "Hip Hug-Her": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcvdc8yP4QA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, some Haydn, for how can there be joyous music without Papa Haydn? Alfred Brendel plays the first movement of the C Major Piano Sonata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTk4y0pdCCY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, here& #39;s one that Hilary adored, Ry Cooder& #39;s "Poor Man& #39;s Shangri-La": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOb3jn8m3Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, something a little quieter, a song by Jonatha Brooke that sums up my abiding love for Hilary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4La4gQgatI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, a Marvin Gaye song that Hilary heard for the last time when we watched "Barbershop" together in the hospital a few weeks ago. Oh, how she loved it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayyy-03ITDg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, a comic song from Bernstein& #39;s "Candide" at which Hilary and I laughed together countless times, "What& #39;s the Use?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC5j0gGBzXs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, some pure happiness from the King Cole Trio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgW2p3dX1E">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, pure and transcendent joy from Debussy and Vladimir Horowitz. Every time I listen to the last bars, I feel like getting up and dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJID--uQW4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, my favorite song by @erinmckeown, one of the many artists to whom @lademans has introduced me through the years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmKBv7EUUtU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, the most joyous of all Bach& #39;s fugues, played by E. Power Biggs. I cannot hear this piece—even now—without rejoicing in my heart at the existence of such sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw1MToBvDlo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, let& #39;s move from mere joy to outright laughter as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope sing the title song (by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen) from "The Road to Morocco": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCcbSf91nJ0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, this one was an obvious pick—Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, and Nelson Riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz5W5bKLj_4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, joy from Stephen Sondheim? Well, sure—and yes, that& #39;s Jason Alexander singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ySK0oanas">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Next on #joyoussongs, I& #39;m going to tug at your heartstrings with this one by Fats Waller. Yes, it& #39;s making me cry—but not an ugly cry. Maybe you will, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8SB0-BV4r0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
